Elastic Block Store Quiz
A company is required to use the AWS RDS service to host a MySQL database. This database is going to be used for production purposes and is expected to experience a high number of read/write activities. Which of the below underlying EBS Volume types would be ideal for this database?
A. General Purpose SSD
B. Provisioned IOPS SSD
C. Throughput Optimized HDD
D. Cold HDD
B. Provisioned IOPS SSD
Documentation shows that the ideal storage option in this scenario is the Provisioned IOPS SSD since this will provide a high number of IOPS for the underlying database. For more information on EBS Volume types, please refer to the URL below.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSVolumeTypes.html
